(IFJ/IFEX) – According to information provided by “Prensa Libre”, journalist María Alejandra González Mosquera left the country after receiving death threats from a paramilitary group, the United Self Defenses of Colombia (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, AUC). González worked for the “Super” radio network in Popayan and the non-governmental organisation Foundation for People’s Communication, (Fundacion para […]
(IFJ/IFEX) – According to information provided by “Prensa Libre”, journalist María Alejandra González Mosquera left the country after receiving death threats from a paramilitary group, the United Self Defenses of Colombia (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, AUC).
González worked for the “Super” radio network in Popayan and the non-governmental organisation Foundation for People’s Communication, (Fundacion para la Comunicacion Popular, Funcop), which carries out social programs in the Department of Valle del Cauca. An official complaint was presented by the former minister of internal affairs, and the journalist’s brother, Guillermo González Mosquera.
The journalist’s was among a list of names which appear in a letter addressed to the governor of Valle, César Negret Mosquera, because the AUC believes that González is a member of the western division of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC).
Recommended Action
Send appeals to the president:
– asking for an extensive investigation of this case and for protection for the threatened journalist
Appeals To
APPEALS TO:
Andrés Pastrana Arango
President
Kra. 8 n. 7-26
Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia
Tel: +571 284 33 00
Fax: +571 286 74 34 / 286 79 37 /284 21 86
E-mail: pastrana@presidencia.gov.co
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